Illinois Department of Transportation, Division of Aeronautics, and the Federal Aviation Administration, Springfield FSDO, are presenting the 33rd Annual IUAC Ultralight/Lightplane Safety Seminar on Saturday, March 9, 2013, in Springfield, IL. Attendance is FREE. Pre-registration is not required.

The Illinois Ultralight Light Plane Safety Seminar is back at the Illinois Building on the Illinois State Fairgrounds. The safety seminar will cover a broad range of subjects. There will be ultralight, engine manufacturer, and accessory displays representing UL/sport/recreational type aircraft. Anyone representing any item of equipment used in this segment of aviation and interested in displaying such item should call contact Carol Para at Carol.Para@illinois.gov.

To get to the safety seminar:

Take I-55 to Springfield
Take exit 100B off of I-55 to merge onto E Sangamon Ave/SR-54 heading westContinue to follow E Sangamon Ave for 2.8 miles
Turn right at Main Street under the archway
The Illinois Building will be on your left

An address to plug into your street GPS is:

2520 Main St
Springfield, IL 62702.

Registration for the event will be from 8:00 am to 9:00 am, with the seminar sessions beginning promptly at 9 am. Arrive early for viewing the exhibits, since the featured seminar sessions will consume a major portion of the day. The program will conclude around 4:00 pm.